Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Since it is very easy for me to make fun of my chosen profession because the industry is OVER-populated with MORONS, I thought that it would be fun to show you THIS.

At one time in the not so distant past, architects were known as MASTER BUILDERS. That is completely forgotten now with the profession plagued with an influx of "artists" that do not understand even the most basic of building practices. Corners are shaved with regularity to maintain an artificial aesthetic in the name of ART.

To further compound the problems endemic to intellectually incurious artists that have rushed into the profession, there exists an even more crippling deficiency of corruption by an ever more intrusive government bureaucracy. Whether by design or by fecklessness, the government and its henchmen have made life safety issues into the most confusing and contradictory morass of asininity. China proves that point well.

As MASTER BUILDERS, architects should be more concerned with the issue of safety rather than the art of building design. "First, do not harm" comes to mind from the jump. Our primary concern in all cases should be to make certain that our buildings DO NOT KILL people.

Pushing the envelope of mathematics and science, while jeopardizing human life is kinda stupid. And fatal. Know your architect and his/her grasp of construction safety and dependibility or DIE.

By the way, only one workman was killed in this "accident." Wonder how many people would have died if this thirteen story (eeeek!) building would have survived the construction phase?

Clarification: The title of this post makes a reference to Feng Shui. This building was in China? Get it? By the way, architecture done properly does not require further consultants. Just saying.

Speaking of building codes, we here in CA have a corner on doing things the absolute best way the should ever be done, evah! So, on of our greatest Congresman, Henry (Batboy) Waxman, has decided to include fome of our superior building code to the rest of the nation.

Translation. CA Fail, now = America Fail!

You're welcome!

If you are at a loss for what to say to Waxman, or the eight GOP who crossed the isle to vote for the ACES bill, might I suggest this?CONTENT WARNING, be sure to turn your speakers way down!

TD, There are times when I see something so spectacular that I wonder just how the hell could they afford to build such a building. On the other hand, I have seen some plain concrete buildings that just make so much sense that I wonder why everyone doesn't build like that. We live in a country where a 40 years old uilding is probably in need of being torn down. Travel to Germany and there are building with roofs that are a hundred years old. Design it well, build it well and maintain it should be the rule. MUD